Hi all, I just found my way to Marc's online curriculum and Im very interested in it but Im curious about the community. one of the more appealing aspects of the material is the access to this forum but it looks like things are a little slower here? The critique forum doesnt get a lot of replies and the Art Challenge section seems to have died off.

What the sense of the liveliness here on the forums?Thanks for reading!Joby

Im currently on term 2 of the course. Ive found that usually you get replies if you post on here and also provide feedback for others, its not like you get a reply right away but you still get feedback. If you want feedback from Marc you can join the livestreams and submit work to him that way (I cant offer more info on this as the streams are not a great time for me so I've not taken part in one).

Theres also a discord group, its pretty lively in general and feedback. A lot of people there are on the later terms so the earlier term stuff can sometimes be missed. I check through the earlier term stuff when I can and help out and im sure others do too, but like the forum it can take a bit of time before anyone comments. I think theres a facebook group too but I dont know anything about that because im not on facebook.

If anything its a great resource for getting into digital artwork. But the community is great, everyone is very respectful and helpful.

I'm still in the early terms, but from what I saw from the people in later terms I'm pretty sure more advanced topics will be tackled. It makes sense to start with the basics and fundamentals in the early terms and then building up your skills to a professional level with the latter ones. Although, you might still learn a thing or two in the early terms. I know I did